MSci Zoology
Entry requirements
A-Level: ABB IB: 32/655 BTEC: DDM
About this course
MSci in Zoology, a zoology degree centred on whole-animal biology, ecology, and the evolution of animal life histories. Core topics include Statistics, Research Methods, Fieldwork, and Human Behaviour. The course provides an opportunity to work on a project focused on a specialised area aligned with a leading research group. The first year covers foundational principles through Ecology and Conservation, Animal Diversity, and Evolution and Genetics, with an optional module in Life Processes. The second year expands into data analysis and environmental adaptation through Analysis of Biological Data, Adaptations to Life on Earth, Scotland Field Course, and Scillies St Agnes Field Course, alongside optional choices such as Population and Community Ecology or Animal Behaviour. Third-year studies involve advanced research training through Research Project and Literature Review in Evolution and Ecology, combined with specialised field courses like Tropical Biodiversity and Conservation: Costa Rica Field Course and Alpine Ecology Field Course. Optional modules in the final stages allow specialisation in areas including Marine Vertebrate Conservation, Animal Cognition, and Primate Biology and Conservation.
Modules
- Ecology and Conservation
- Animal Diversity
- Evolution and Genetics
- Life Processes
- Analysis of Biological Data
- Adaptations to Life on Earth
- Scotland Field Course
- Biosciences Penryn Virtual Field Course
- Scillies St Agnes Field Course
- Scillies St Mary's Field Course
- Ecological Economics
- Population and Community Ecology
- Evolutionary Ecology
- Wildlife Disease
- Introduction to Ecological Consultancy
- Conservation Science
- Marine Ecology
- Animal Behaviour
- Wildlife Exploitation
- GIS for Wildlife Mapping
- Green Consultants
- Biogeography
- Oceans and Human Health
- Research Project
- Literature Review in Evolution and Ecology
- Tropical Biodiversity and Conservation: Costa Rica Field Course
- Alpine Ecology Field Course
- Global Research Skills Virtual Field Course
- Ecology, Behaviour and Conservation in Wild Places: The Forests and Oceans of Yukon and Alaska
- European Wildlife Conservation Field Course in the Pyrenees
- Marine Ecology and Evolutionary Conservation in Corsica
- Oceans and Coasts of the Azores Field Course
- Ecology, behaviour and human-wildlife conflict in Northern Spain field course
- Marine Vertebrate Conservation
- Living in Groups
- Symbiosis in Marine Systems
- Sensory Ecology
- Science in Society
- Animal Life Histories
- Ecological Responses to Climate Change
- Evolutionary Biology of Health and Disease
- Animal Migration
- Animal Cognition
- Primate Biology and Conservation
- Ocean Management and Conservation
- Major Transitions in Evolutionary History
- The Genome: Applications, Evolution and Ecology
- Evolution and Human Behaviour
- Living with Environmental Change
- Professional Development Experience